Welll...right back at ya!
Our second mutual had many quirks for many reasons in the overall operation, the first somewhat more SOP orientated....with relatively good to great training IMHO.
I honestly have no recollection of split active auto modes - ie A/P off but A/T on, that's always a no no and only takes seeing someone in the SIM pushing and pulling the yoke (manual flight) and the A/T (auto) advancing and retarding in response to the pitch changes and the whole thing just getting worse...and worse...very untidy.
It was always:
- "deselect speed" (A/T in ARM/redundancy mode so NOT active), then
- "disconnect autopilot".
End up with Manual flight, Manual thrust, Alpha floor protection available and Go Around thrust available via TOGA.
Beautiful....as only Boeing can!
Cheers.
PS: once we've sorted A/T ARM we can talk about the magnificence that is CWS!
